NHBRC empowers small businesses
Small business owners within ward 64 were afforded the opportunity to learn the tricks of the trade within the home building industry during a training held by the National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC) at Yellowwood Park Civic Hall.
PROSPECTIVE and establishing business owners within ward 64 were afforded the opportunity to learn all about how they can succeed within the home building industry during a training held by the National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC) at Yellowwood Park Civic Hall.
The training, from 5 to 9 October, specifically catered for home builders. “NHBRC is a regulator for home builders. Our mandate is to protect housing consumers as well as to regulate the industry. Our goal is to assist and protect housing consumers who have been exposed to contractors who deliver housing units to substandard design, workmanship and poor quality materials. In our line of work we come across contracted businesses that build sub-standard houses because of their lack of knowledge of the requirements for building houses. So through this training we have afforded them the opportunity to give them all the tips and information that they need to be successful in this industry avoid unnecessary mistakes and setbacks,” said NHBRC provincial training officer, Siyanda Khathi who was pleased with the turnout by aspiring and small business owners.
He added that the NHBRC offers home building licences to business owners which increases their opportunities of securing tenders as well as affords them more free training opportunities.
“Part of the role of the ward 64 committee is small business development. We want to uplift our small businesses in the community and empower them as much as possible. We have various programmes within this department such as teaching people how to register on the municipal database as well as tender submission among other things. Ward committee members arranged this training by the NHBRC to better educate, train and equip entrepreneurs within the industry of housing. They’re also learned key skills through this process. Such initiatives help in uplifting people who own small businesses and those who are unemployed and have no prospect of getting employed other than starting their own business,” said ward 64 councillor Gavin Hegter.
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